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Chances are very high that sometime in your life you will find a skin tag on your body. But what is a skin tag?
A skin tag is a very common and harmless small, soft skin growth. They occur on various parts of the body but love to grow in places with folds such as eyelids, neck and armpits. One person might have anywhere from one skin tag to over 100 skin tags at any stage of their life. Middle-ages, obese adults are more prone to having skin tags but newborn babies are also very likely to have one or two after birth.
So now that we know what they are, let’s discuss what you really want to know: how to get rid of them!
As harmless as skin tags may be they aren’t the most flattering accessories to have on your body. Depending on the location they may be more visible and therefore more embarrassing.
There are four different methods of removing skin tags. Each method has their own list of pros and cons and they will also depend on the size, location and your own comfort level when you are considering methods of removal.
The methods are as such:
• Freezing
• Tying off with a thread or suture
• Creams
• Cutting
You may not realize it, but all four of these methods are now things you can do on your own in your own home. Of course, there are a lot of variables to consider when you are deciding your tag removal method. Let’s discuss some of them here: Read the rest of this entry »

I took one of those tests last week. You know the ones–inventories, assessments, profiles, all of which claim to produce an accurate psychological snapshot of the human psyche (or at least to categorize our manner of learning, managing, socializing, etc.). The tests call these “styles,” as if to bestow an association with stretch limousines.

As usual, the picture came out blurred. For instance, my cognitive preferences were “abstract concrete” (like a modern sculpture?). I disagree with this assessment, having found long ago that my preferred learning style involves cappuccino, nicotine and long arguments.

Most of us are intrigued by and yet ultimately disappointed at what these exercises purport to tell us. Each time we sense an internal contradiction, we go fill out …

Five reasons you’re afraid of humor in training…and why they won’t wash.

Traffic school is a sort of state-sponsored penance for speeders and stop-Sign cruisers–regular folks like you and me who opt to sit through lectures on stopping distances and decapitation in return for keeping their tickets off the record. It’s a little like hell: Lots of people attend but nobody wants to be there.

At one point, some traffic schools in California started hiring comedians to teach. (Yes, only in California.) It so happens that I used to be a comic. That’s how I wound up, in 1990, as the instructor coordinator for a San Francisco traffic-violator school.

I recruited about 45 comedians statewide and trained them to get the “violators” …

Night has arrived, and so has the dreaded snoring. A massive 45% of Americans are snorers. This can be a significant problem to the one who has to sleep next to the person doing the snoring. In many cases, relationships and marriages can have problems that ultimately lead to someone having to sleep in a separate room. I am also fairly certain that this has a cascade of negative effects on a person’s life. From their self-esteem to a possible lack of attraction by their mate. Let’s face it, snoring isn’t sexy.

However, with a number like 45%, we would be contrite to not call this an epidemic. What actually causes snoring? There …

Humor yourself. It’s no joke that laughter is good for your mind and body.

It’s been a rotten day for Kara. She’s soaking wet because the rain and wind thrashed her umbrella to shreds. She just finished taking a history test that took her by surprise. Then her friend Ellie comes along and asks, “Trying to win the stringy hair contest today?”

Kara looks at Ellie’s shiny, blond, perfectly styled hair and is tempted to give an angry reply, but decides the day has already been dismal enough. Instead she answers, “I already won that contest–plus the one for the most mildewed socks.”

Kara and Ellie both break into huge grins and laugh their way to the cafeteria. The day suddenly doesn’t …

No matter how absurd one of my stories may be, it will contain authentic details the reader will recognize that help him or her to visualize a particular scene. This in turn makes the scene ‘all the more humorous and “real” to the reader.

Here’s my list for writing for the funny:

1) Use the reader’s imagination. The idea here is to provide a few clues about a scene or situation and then let the reader fill in the rest of the details. Here is a writing exercise I picked up somewhere many years ago. I “create” a complete house with these six words: “tarnished walnut paneling on the stairs.” I then ask my students to describe the upstairs of the house, …

You wake up late for school. You barely make the bus. Then you see that you’re wearing your sister’s socks–the ones with the purple and pink stripes! Just then the school bully looks at you. He smiles and points to your feet. Then he says, “Look! Someone’s mommy bought him some new socks. Did she get you polka-dot ones too?” The bully and half the people on the bus break out laughing.

Life isn’t easy. But laughing can make the tough times easier. Instead of feeling bad about yourself when someone makes fun of you, say something funny back. It might make you feel better. You could even catch the person by surprise. That would put the joke on him or her! …

“I have good news and bad news,” the doctor told me later, when he got the results. “The bad news is that you have cancer. It’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. The good news is that it’s aggressive.”

I’m like, “Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma? Just my luck, I don’t even get the brand named after the guy. I get the generic. And it’s aggressive.” But he explained to me that in this case aggressive was good–it meant that the cells were dividing quickly. And cells are at their weakest–and easiest to kill–when they’re dividing.

He also told me the cancer was at stage three, meaning it had spread beyond the lymph nodes–in my case, into …

Stress is a peculiar thing. For some people it can be extremely tough to handle. For others it’s what keeps them going. I’ve read articles about good stress and bad stress, and I’m sure we all know individuals who seem to thrive under pressure.

It all depends on personality and attitude. If you think of a task as an ordeal, it probably will be. If you view it as a challenge, it is quite a different experience. We all remember cramming for an exam or a presentation. For some of us that is pure agony; for others it is exhilarating.

The most critical element of stress management is to know thyself. For instance, know how you’ll react to certain situations. The better …